Fireplace attachment



July 10, 1928. r A

' L. F. EISELE FIREPLACE ATTACHMENT 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 Filed June 28, 1927IN V EN TOR I ZuzzzisEZ' wwwzssra ATTOENE'Y.

*" fire' places, and has for its object to provide an attachment havinga screen andablower, both of which are removable when the at- PatentedJuly if 1928.

Louis E. EisELEQQF"rnrn n LPHrmrEnNsYnvAm f FIREPLACE ATTACHMENT.

1 Application filed 111M 28, 1927. Serial No. 202,028.

My invention relates to attachments-for tachment is installed in afireplace-.-

Another object of .my invention is to so design the attachment that itwill be incon-.

spicuous when installed in a; fire place and itsparts'so'arranged thatthe screen and blower may be removed fromthe frame of i the attachmentwith'a minimum of labor.

which' f g p 1 Figure 1 is'a front elevatioiupartly broken Theseobjects, 1 and 7 other advantageous ends which will appear hereinafter,I atmin in the following manner, reference beingliad to the accompanyingdrawings in away, of a preferred embodiment of my invention,f

Figure2 a vertical sectional view taken on linef22 on Figure 1, y

Figure 3 a sectional plan view taken online 3-3 on'Figure 1," j r.Figure 4 a fragmentarywsectional view taken on'linc 44 on Figure '2, I

'Figure '5 a perspective view of agulde plate, forming a part of myinvention, and

Figure 6 an enlarged perspective view of a pulley support, vention.

Referring now forming a partof my inings, the attachment may be providedwith any suitable type .of frame but has beenshown as having a frame'lO'on the outer edges of which outstanding flanges 11 are formed..plate 12 is removably secured to -the'jlower part of each side offrame-10 in any: suitable manner, as by screws 13, and has guidewaysections 14 and'15 fix d on'one of its faces. Guidewayjsections16 and 17are fixed to the upper part of each side of frame 10 and align withguideway sections "1 1 and 15 respectively; the ends of the sectionspreferably abutting one another so as to form a smooth channel on theinside of each guideway.

A pulley support 18 has a pulley 19 rotatably mounted in a' bracketbearing '20- formed near its upper end and is provided with a notch 21adapted to engage the sides of a screw 22 threaded into the upper part 7of each side of frame 10. While a screw 22 has been shown, it will bereadily understood that a rivet, or other connector having its headspaced from the side of frame 10,

may be employed in lieu thereof and, while more in detail to the drawthelower end ofeach pulley :support 18 been shownas being attached toframelOby a screw223, it isevide'nt that other means 3 25 whichare ofnearly thesam'e' weight so f that they may counterbalanceione another. Acover. plate 27 is secured to the'front and rear of the upper part offrame lOwith'its lower edge aligned substantially with .the

bottom ends of'guides 16'and'17, Reinforc 1- ing angles 28,,havingtheirbacks flush with the lower. edges of cover plates 2'7, extendacross the front and rear of frame 10 and are suitably secured to bothflanges 11 and cover plate 27 so as to stiffen the frame at this pointas well as to provide awsupport for tiling, plaster or masonrywhenthe attachmentis installedin the front ofa fire place.-

In installing my improved attachment in. i

afire place, frame 10 isseti in the masonry so that the inner edges ofthe guideways come flush withthe faces of the side walls? I and-with thefront of the attachment set into the masonry sufficiently to allow" forsetting the tile or other material thatmay be employed infacing thefire; place.

When it is desired to start a. fire, or to greatly increase the "draftuponra firein the fire place grate, blower 25 is pulled down-.

wardly by inserting apoker. or other tool in a handle or slot formedinthe lower edge of the blower. This movement screen 24: to ride to thetop" of frame 10, as

will cause the frame is a little more than twice the height of thescreen or blower. Whenthe firezis burning satisfactorily, blower 25 .is

pushed upwardly until its lower edge is ap- I proximately flush with orjust above angles Y 28 and this movement will cause screen 24 to movedownwardly until'its lower edge is in substantially the same plane asthe lower edge of blower 25.7 .After a new fire has been started, ormaterial is being burned which is apt to cause sparks to fly out of thegrate,'or if the coal is heaped so far above.

the grate that it may fall outwardly upon theheartln screen24 is pulleddownwardly in the same manner as described for blower 25, andthusprevents any'sparks or coals from leaving the fire place, i a In caseelther screen 2401* blower needsrepairing or replacing, screws 13 and 23are removed so that pulley support 18 maymovie downwardly and thescreen, blower, pulley supports 18, and plates beswsung outg wardly andremoved from rame -10. The

different parts are .re-installed by reversing th-isprocessh 1 i K Itwill thus evident that my improved -:attachment provides adequateprotection against sparks orvcoals fromxleaving the fire orgburn outduring use; it being understood t'hat'scrcws 13- and 23, are preferablyof a di'fierent metal than istl'ran'ie 710' or plates 12,- the screwspreferably-being o'f'brass and the.

plates and frame of iron.

While I have" described my invention as taking a particular-form, itwillbeunder p 7 V V cured to the lower part of each side o fhthe, V a 75stood that modifications may be made With-v out departing from the:spirit' thereoflnnd 7 hence I do not limit myself to .the preciseconstruction set forth, but consider that-l:

' am at'liberty to make such changes and theifixed guid'eways, ascreenand a lower;

alterations as fairly come within the scope oi? the appended claims.

fIQcil aim:- i

1. An attachment for fire-places including aifraine, I fixed guidewaysin the upper part of the frame, removable guideways in the lowein'par't:of the frame and alignin with slidable in the guideways, a:pulley'mounted between the fixed gnideways at either side of the 'frame,afiexib-lei support passing overeach pulley :and connected to the screenand to the blower, and means for removing the screenandrbloyvcrwhentli'e'attachn ent;

lower part of the frame and aligning with is installed in a. fireplace.

V an attachment for fire places including I a framcfiixed guldeways {1nthe upper part of the frame, removable guideways in the the. fixedguidewaysfa screen and a blower slidable in the gu-ideways,a pulleysupport n-anovably secured between the guideW-ays at either side of theframe, a pulley'mounted on eachpulley support, a flexible support of theframe, a plate removably secured to the lower part'off each side of-thei'rame,

'guideways fixed to each plate and aligning with the fixed guldeways, ascreen 1 and a; I

blower slidable in the guidewayg; a pulley mounted on either side oftheirai-ne, a flexible '7 support passing over each ,ulley ment isinstalled .inafire place. 1 a

and'conne'cted to the screen and te the law- I er,,whereby removal ofthe plates" andpul; I .leys will rallowremoval of the screen ancl rblower from. the frame; when the attache ing aframe, fixed guideways inthe upper; a

art. of the frame, a plate removably se frame, guideways fixed I to :each plate: and

aligning withthe fixed gui-deways I a screen and a blower slidable inthe gui eway's, a

notch in its upper end engagingl eacli connector,'means for reinovablysecuring thelower end of each pulley support to aside" of the frame, a-pulley on each pulley support, and ia' flexible support passing overeach pulley and connected to vthe gscreen and .to the blower. 7

5-. An attachment for fireplaces including 'a i'ra'me, the. upper partof whichenclosed, fixed guidewaysrin theenclosed part of the frame,removable guidewaysalig r; ing with the fixedguideways, a pulley support.removably secured between the" guidef ways on each sideof tlic fraine,apulley'on each support, a .screen' and a blower slidable in theguideways, and a flexible support; and connecting the passing over eachpulley screen and blower.

In testimony whereof, I liave' Sig ied'lniy Y J name to thisspecification,

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